Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-21
NEBRASKA NOTES.

harrington ID recovering iEom coal
famine.
= York has commenced on the canning
factory at Seward.
All the stock in. the Norfolk street
railway hos been taken. =
A new bank is to be- established in
O'Neill at an early day.
A big packing house is to be built in
Nebraska City this year. -
Further Developments in the ghadron
coal finds show still better indications.
Two faith cure patients under treat.
ment ut Rhue Springs died last week.
Burglars raided the town of Auburn
last week and secured four dollars from
two saloons. 4.s%.4e4
Claus BoItz, flying eight miles from
Grand Island, was killed by o runaway
team last week.
The body OF Gerhardt Foss WAS found
IN o pasture, five miles from West Point
last week frozen stiff.
Seward county is being oanvased for
aid for the proposed extension of the
Eikhorn Valley road.
The examination Of the accounts OF
ex.Tfeasurer King, Of Antelope county,
developed q shortage OF $4,000.
The election for water works bonds at
Ashland was carried, the vote being 25S
for SO against, The amount voted 3d.
900.
There is considerable opposition being
manifested in Fairbury to the voting of
bonds at the slection to be held the 9th
OF Mach for the Kansas City & Omaha.
Last week Sheridan lodge, No. Ga,
Knights OF Pythiaa, was instituted at
Nashville, Neb. with forty-three charter
members. Twenty Chadron knights
we're present.
Tbs call for bids for the next Grand
Army reunion has been issued by the de-
partment commander. A tract OF 240
cores Of land will be required to accom-
modate the enoampment.
Andrew Le:ss. found guilty of placing
INSTRUCTIONS on the Union Pacific track,
near Columbus, was sentenced to one
yeerfn the ~penitentlary, a motion for a.
newstrial not being allowed.
At Hastings Thursday a stranger
named Albert Fosbnrger walked into o
hardwa store and, purchasing q revolt
yer loaded il and Immediately blew out
his brains before his purpose was dis
covered.
Harvey Barcus, an amateur crook. was
captared in Onawa, Ia. by ShesiH
Eiwood, Of Antelope county, last week
and taken to Neleigh. Barcus is charged
with forgery and obtaining goods under
false pretenses.
Cedar Rapids is booming and looming
mp. Among the improvements for this
spring are o $4,000 school house,
another railroad, o 5000 creamery,
several 9 residences, two good BUSH
ess, blocks, and other improvements.
s. ". Montgomery was taken from
Kearney to Lincoln by a United States
marshal last week on the charge OF rep
resenting himself to be q government
detective. He has been threatening
ho~mesteaders with contests unless they
bought him OF.
The poisoned prunes which caused SO
much deadly havoc in the Doggetth
family at Glenyeigh are being anaiyzed.
The pits of the fruit indicate the pres
enca Of prussia acid. The surviving
members OF the unfortunate family are
slowly recovering.
General Dandy has receised estimates
from Fort Robinson of the new build
ings which are to be erected at that
p,st. They inclnde a complete set OF
bssracks for sbe man aud quarters for,
the officers. Ssyents-f thousand dol
lars has been appropriated for these
baildings.
The meeting Of the Baptist association
10 Grand island last week to consider